Divorce and Freedom No More Homemaker for Him novel Chapter 708

Chapter 708 The Beast and the Bed

Her cheeks had thinned. Her eyes were full of exhaustion that she couldn’t hide.

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Ayla was only 24 a year ago. She’d turned 25 this year. The most beautiful years of her life, and she’d spent them shouldering this much weight alone.

Draven was five years older. Age–wise, he was like a brother–just like he was to Bria. He should have been protecting Ayla, giving her safety, taking the first steps toward her. Instead, he’d spent the whole time pushing her into corners.

The guilt hit deep. He’d made her sad, let her down, and disappointed her. He was willing to spend the rest of his life making it right.

Without thinking, Draven tightened his arms around her.

Ayla hadn’t eaten before coming. The coffee and pastries from earlier barely counted. She struggled for a while, then ran out of energy entirely.

Draven’s forearms were practically the size of her calves. She didn’t stand a chance.

She was on his turf. The only way she was leaving was if Draven chose to be merciful.

Being this powerless, this much at someone’s mercy–it was suffocating.

Draven carried her effortlessly to a bedroom. Straight to bed.

Ayla’s entire body went rigid.

Draven noticed. “What’s wrong?”

Ayla was genuinely terrified now. “Are you… going to force yourself on me?”

If Draven dared ignore her consent, Ayla would hate him until the day she died. She’d take him down with her. Because that was something she could never accept. Not from anyone. Not even Draven.

Draven couldn’t begin to imagine what kind of monster he’d become in her mind. Brutal. Savage. Like something out of a horror story.

The image she’d had of him was gone. Completely shattered.

In the past, he’d been terrified of this exact moment. He’d hidden, pretended, lived inside a persona. His deepest fear was Ayla discovering the real, ugly him.

Now it had actually happened. And strangely… he felt calm.

As if it wasn’t as unbearable as he’d expected.

Maybe because he knew that compared to what Ayla was imagining, the truth was kinder.

He laid her gently on the bed and sat at the edge, his eyes tracing her tired, drawn face. “Right now, the only thing on my mind is you. I couldn’t care less about anything else.”

Chapter 708 The Beast and the Bed

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Ayla heard the familiar voice, saw the familiar gaze, and some of the tension in her chest loosened.

But what if this is another mask?

She didn’t dare drop her guard. “Then why did you bring me here?”

“Are you hungry?”

Every nerve in Ayla’s body was on alert. She answered without thinking, “Not really.”

“Then be a good girl and sleep.”

Ayla blinked.

Draven smoothed her hair back, his voice soft, coaxing her like a child. “Eat when you wake up. I’ll have soup ready. You’ve lost too much weight. You need to take better care of yourself.”

Ayla hadn’t processed it yet. He just… wanted her to nap? That was it?

Last time they’d met, he’d kissed her by force. Today, she’d seen too many things she hadn’t prepared for. She was afraid of him now, and that fear had spiraled into darker places.

But all Draven wanted was for her to rest.

From the moment Max told her she was being watched, to learning it was Draven, to James’s phone call, t everything that followed–nothing had gone the way she’d expected.

Troy’s people were surveilling her. Draven was stealing the children. The overnight drive. Walking in on the two brothers beating each other bloody. Hearing Draven’s past laid bare.

Ayla had been awake through the entire night. She’d flown from Silvoria to Zheron, and from dawn onward, the shocks hadn’t stopped.

Her body and mind had been burning through reserves at the same time. Even if she were made of iron, she couldn’t hold out.

The moment Draven said it, she realized she was, in fact, exhausted.

Max was gone. She’d driven into a compound with military–grade security. In her current state, taking the children wasn’t realistic.

Better to rest. Regroup. Find another way.

Maybe she could talk Draven around. Communicate without triggering him. There might still be a path.

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